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Brooklyn

It’s early afternoon at Golden Creek Library, about half an hour before the local schools let out for the day, and I impatiently bloisp of blonde hair away from my eyes

My besties, Nora and Cassidy, have forade to help me load up the library van, but even with two extra sets of hands, I’ late

“Who kneould take this long to pack up a few books?” I huff as I put another box in the back of the van

“A few?” Cassidy laughs “Brooks, what is this, the entire contents of the teen section?”

“Hardly,” I say “There are still plenty of books in the stacks”

“Still, are you sure the outreach center needs this many books?” Nora asks “Heck, do they even have room for this many books?”

“The director told ,” I say “And besides, what’s the point in setting up a satellite branch if the selection is no good?”

This project has been a couple of h the outreach center director, Prescott, apparently has his hands full over there so we’ve had to coordinate the whole thing via e the tenth and final box of books into the back of the van, a little tinge of worry shoots through me and I wonder if this is what he had in mind after all

It is a lot of books

But I’ve loved this idea ever since Prescott caht of iter and the right book at the right time It can save lives, and I know that firsthand

I shut the van door, then take a deep breath “Thanks for the help, you two”

“Any time, Brooks,” Nora says

“You knoe’ve got your back,” Cassidy chimes in

I really should get over to the outreach center The idea was to have all the books set up by the tirams, sort of a surprise, but the library was crazy busy all , and I majorly underestimated how much work it would be to box and carry all these books